Pioneered by the Human Cell Atlas consortium, our understanding of the human body is about to be transformed – and with it, the way we treat and prevent disease

New genetic research shows untold migration to remote Pacific islands was generally matrilocal.

A new study suggests fresh directions for exploring the hypothesis that viruses were essential to the evolution of complex life, including humans.

Around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome – most of them unaware – putting them at increased risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes,

Jonathan Weissman and collaborators used their single-cell sequencing tool Perturb-seq on every expressed gene in the human genome, linking each to its job in the cell.

Rather than simple splitting events, the evolution of polar bears and brown bears are like those of humans, a tangled story of divergence and interbreeding.

As genetic engineering and DNA manipulation tools like CRISPR continue to advance, the distinction between what science ‘could’ and ‘should’ do becomes murkier.

Both Macron and Madonna have expressed concerns about genetic privacy. As DNA collection and sequencing becomes increasingly commonplace, what may seem paranoid may instead be prescient.

Sand and water samples contain enough environmental DNA to track the whereabouts of endangered sea turtles, report researchers.

European colonial forces targeted an Indigenous group in Uruguay, the Charrúa, for elimination. Now, ancient DNA offers a link back.